NurseDaniMarie

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1. Help! Need NTG titration table

   NurseDaniMarie replied to Stargazer's topic in CCU

   We have it built in our monitors too. I am not sure if this is the formula you are looking for but I keep this on the back of my badge: mg/cc x 1000/60/Kg of weight = constant of mcg/Kg/min then multiply it by your cc/hr and that is how many mcg/hr...

2. Prevacid and G.Tubes

   NurseDaniMarie replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

   I know from working in a hospital pharmacy putting my self thru nursing school that Sod Bicarb works best to dissolve the granules. We use it at the hospital I work in now as a RN too.

3. Just curious; Would this pt be one-on-one in your ICU?

   NurseDaniMarie replied to grouchy's topic in General Nursing

   In the general ICU where I worked, the staffing would never allow any 1 on 1. Now I work in the transplant ICU (heart & lung) and is also CVICU overflow. 1st 2 days Transplant pts and CABG pts are mandatory 1:1. In fact, transplant pts that just ...

4. nursing superstitutions.....any truth in???

   NurseDaniMarie replied to micro's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked 7p-7a in ICU for 1 1/2 years now, and we always say that if we have an empty bed, about 6am they will call a code. It seems to happen when some of our non-monitored floor nurses make rounds.